Lot 53. An Important and Exceptionally Rare Large Wood Figure of a Bodhisattva, Jin Dynasty (1115 – 1234 AD); 82cm (32 1/4in) high x 71.5cm (28 1/8in) wide x 66.5cm (26 3/16in) deep. Estimate upon request. Sold for €3,342,375. Photo Fabrice Gousset.

Powerfully poised with the right leg crossed in front of the left in vajrasana, with the right hand resting on its knee in avakashamudra and the left arm raised, the full upright torso with well-defined chest and slightly rounded belly, wearing long flowing robes from the back and gathered over the right shoulder and tied in a knot diagonally over the chest and around the arms, amassing below the belly and tied in a further knot, the chest adorned in high relief with gilt-lacquered foliate-shaped necklace issuing buds and a central floriform pendant and opening bud, the peaceful face set with the glass eyes downcast in a serene expression, with full cheeks and vermillion coloured lips, crowned with long well-defined hair plaited over the pendulous ears and flowing onto the shoulders, made in sections, with traces of gilt-lacquering, vermillion, copper-green, grey-black and azurite pigments..

Bonhams. The Robert and Jean-Pierre Rousset Collection of Asian Art: A Century of Collecting - Part 1. Paris, 25 october 2022.